Emerald City (Fall, NBC)
Director Tarsem Singh sought to make the land in Emerald City appear fantastical through practical means by filming in far-flung locations, including Spain’s El Torcal nature reserve, where they planted yellow poppies on a historic Roman path to create the Yellow Brick Road, and Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park, where frozen waterfalls provided enchanting backdrops. “You can’t digitally re-create these environments,” EP David Schulner says. “They’re filled with magic.” –Shirley Li
Some of the adult context in NBC's Emerald City will include Dorothy (Adria Arjona) struggling to reconcile with her mother, who abandoned her as a child; the Wizard (Vincent D’Onofrio) and the Wicked Witch of the East (Florence Kasumba) contending with a looming war between kingdoms and belief systems; and Lucas (“the Scarecrow,” played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen) suffering painful trauma that causes him to lose his memory. Even Toto gets a makeover: He’s now a trained K9 police dog. –Shirley Li
Source: EW
